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Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.

Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.
Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.
Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.
Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.
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Linder, Christopher L.
Marshal Chaidez with a set of bongo nets.
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04/05/2009
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Marine science technician Marshal Chaidez signals to a crewmate running a winch from a control room overlooking the fantail of the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy to deploy a set of "bongo nets" over the stern. Normally, the nets are towed behind a moving ship, but chunks of broken ice moving under Healy would quickly destroy the fragile nets. Instead, the icebreaker was held stationary while the nets were lowered 180 feet and pulled back up to gather samples of tiny plants and animals living in the surface of the frigid Bering Sea.
Caption from Polar Discovery: Marine science technician Marshal Chaidez signals to his colleagues running the winch from a control room. Normally, bongo nets are towed behind the moving ship, but that doesn't work here; chunks of broken ice coming from under the ship could destroy the nets. Instead, the icebreaker held still while the nets were sent 55 meters (180 feet) down and pulled back up to the surface.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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